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Handout

SPR-Approved Document Reviews 

Meeting of the Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews

November 16, 2023

Table 1. Documents reviewed and closed by the SPR

Finding 

date

Document & 

revision number, 

date

Document title Total

findings

SPR 

closed 

date

Comments ABRWH 

closed date

6/8/2006 NIOSH-OVER0002, rev. 00, 

Oct. 26, 2012

Workplace 

Ingestion

1 2/5/2013 Presented at 

8/16/2023 Board 

meeting

8/16/2023

11/13/2013 OCAS-PER-020, 

rev. 0, 

July 31, 2007

Blockson TBD 

Revision

6 11/25/2014 Presented at 

8/16/2023 Board 

meeting

8/16/2023

6/8/2006 OCAS-PR-007, 

rev. 02, 

April 18, 2005

Dose 

Reconstruction 

Review

9 10/14/2008 Presented at 

8/16/2023 Board 

meeting

8/16/2023

8/17/2007 ORAUT-PROC0031, rev. 01, 

Dec. 15, 2005

Site Profile and 

Technical Basis 

Document 

Development

2 7/9/2013 Presented at 

8/16/2023 Board 

meeting

8/16/2023

10/31/2017 DCAS-RPT-005, 

rev. 01, 

August 17, 2018

Alternative 

Dissolution Models 

for Insoluble 

Pu-238

2 2/18/2021 Presented at 

8/16/2023 Board 

meeting

8/16/2023

8/20/2014 DCAS-PER-045, 

rev. 0, 

May 13, 2013

Aliquippa Forge 

TBD Revision

10 2/15/2022 Presented at 

4/19/2023 Board 

meeting

4/19/2023

10/29/2018 DCAS-PER-076, 

rev. 0, 

February 15, 2017

Aliquippa Forge 

TBD 

0 2/13/2019 Presented at 

4/19/2023 Board 

meeting

4/19/2023

1/26/2019 DCAS-PER-077, 

rev. 0, 

February 28, 2017

Simonds Saw and 

Steel TBD

0 2/13/2019 Presented at 

4/19/2023 Board 

meeting

4/19/2023

2/17/2015 DCAS-PER-043, 

rev. 0, June 7, 2013

Internal Dosimetry 

Organ, External 

Dosimetry Organ, 

and IREP Model 

Selection by ICD-9 

Code Revision

3 4/28/2015 Presented at 

4/19/2023 Board 

meeting

4/19/2023

5/22/2017 DCAS-PER-059, 

rev. 0, April 24, 

2015

Norton Company 3 5/25/2022 Presented at 

4/19/2023 Board 

meeting

4/19/2023
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Finding 

date

Document & 

revision number, 

date

Document title Total

findings

SPR 

closed 

date

Comments ABRWH 

closed date

6/8/2006 ORAUT-OTIB-0014, 

rev. 00, 

June 22, 2004

Technical 

Information Bulletin 

– Assignment of 

Environmental 

Internal Doses for 

Employees Not 

Exposed to 

Airborne 

Radionuclides in 

the Workplace

1 4/11/2012 Presented at 

12/8/2022 Board 

meeting

12/8/2022

1/17/2005 ORAUT-PROC0002, rev. 00, 

August 14, 2003

Use of Integrated 

Modules for 

Bioassay Analysis 

(IMBA)

3 7/26/2006 Presented at 

12/8/2022 Board 

meeting

12/8/2022

6/8/2006 ORAUT-PROC0077, rev. 00, 

March 28, 2005

Dose 

Reconstruction 

Error Tracking and 

Reporting

3 11/7/2007 Presented at 

12/8/2022 Board 

meeting

12/8/2022

10/29/2007 OCAS-PER-003, 

rev. 0, 

January 28, 2005

Evaluation of the 

Effect of Adding 

Ingestion Intakes to 

Bethlehem Steel 

Cases

4 5/16/2016 Presented at 

12/8/2022 Board 

meeting

12/8/2022

12/5/2013 OCAS-PER-025, 

rev. 0, 

Sept. 28, 2007

Huntington Pilot 

Plant TBD Revision

4 2/13/2014 Presented at 

12/8/2022 Board 

meeting

12/8/2022

11/25/2014 DCAS-PER-038, 

rev. 0, 

July 24, 2012

Hooker 

Electrochemical 

TBD Revisions

0 11/25/2014 Presented at 

12/8/2022 Board 

meeting

12/8/2022

2/17/2015 DCAS-PER-033, 

rev. 0, 

December 9, 2011

Reduction Pilot 

Plant TBD Revision

0 2/17/2015 Presented at 

12/8/2022 Board 

meeting

12/8/2022

10/9/2018 DCAS-PER-049, 

rev. 0, 

August 5, 2016

Paducah Gaseous 

Diffusion Plant

0 10/31/2018 Presented at 

8/18/2022 Board 

meeting.

8/18/2022

5/16/2016 OCAS-PER-008, 

rev. 0, 

April 12, 2007

Modification of 

NIOSH-IREP Lung 

Cancer Risk Model: 

Effect of 

“Combined” Lung 

Model on 

Non-compensable 

Lung Cancer 

Claims

2 6/8/2016 Presented at the 

8/18/2022 Board 

meeting

8/18/2022

10/29/2007 OCAS-PER-006, 

rev. 0, 

Sept. 15, 2006

External Dosimetry 

Target Organ for 

Prostate Cancer

1 12/9/2008 Presented at the 

8/18/2022 Board 

meeting

8/18/2022

6/8/2006 ORAUT-OTIB-0023, 

rev. 00, 

March 7, 2005

Assignment of 

Missed Neutron 

Doses Based on 

Dosimeter Records

8 6/24/2008 Presented at the 

8/18/2022 Board 

meeting

8/18/2022

12/29/2016 DCAS-PER-066, 

rev. 0, 

Nov. 30, 2015

Huntington Pilot 

Plant

1 10/31/2018 Presented at the 

8/18/2022 Board 

meeting

8/18/2022
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Finding 

date

Document & 

revision number, 

date

Document title Total

findings

SPR 

closed 

date

Comments ABRWH 

closed date

1/26/2019 DCAS-PER-080, 

rev. 0, 

August 30, 2017

General Steel 

Industries

1 2/13/2019 Presented at 

4/27/2022 Board 

meeting

4/27/2022

10/9/2018 ORAUT-RPRT0086, rev. 00, 

Sept. 18, 2017

Internal Dosimetry 

Coworker Data 

Completeness Test

3 2/13/2019 Presented at 

4/27/2022 Board 

meeting

4/27/2022

12/8/2008 ORAUT-OTIB-0066, 

rev. 01, Oct. 15, 

2020

Calculation of Dose 

from Intakes of 

Special Tritium 

Compounds

4 11/3/2021 Presented at 

4/27/2022 Board 

meeting

4/27/2022

1/3/2017 DCAS-PER-057, 

rev. 0, 

March 11, 2015

General Steel 

Industries

11 (from 

Subtask 4 

review)

11/3/2021 Presented at 

4/27/2022 Board 

meeting

4/27/2022

7/17/2017 DCAS-PER-063, 

rev. 0, 

June 15, 2015

Aluminum 

Company of 

America – 

Pennsylvania 

(ALCOA-PN)

0 11/3/2021 Presented at 

4/27/2022 Board 

meeting

4/27/2022

6/15/2017 DCAS-PER-065, 

rev. 0, 

Nov. 30, 2015

Anaconda Program 

Evaluation Report, 

Rev. 0

1 11/2/2021 Presented at 

4/27/2022 Board 

meeting

4/27/2022

1/3/2017 DCAS-PER-064, 

rev. 0, 

Nov. 16, 2015

DuPont Deep 

Water Works

0 10/31/2018 Presented at 

4/27/2022 Board 

meeting

4/27/2022

10/9/2018 DCAS-PER-081, 

rev. 0, 

October 17, 2017

Hooker 

Electrochemical 

2 2/13/2019 Presented at 

12/8/2021 Board 

meeting

12/8/2021

6/8/2006 ORAUT-OTIB-0025, 

rev. 00, 

April 5, 2005

Estimation of 

Radium-226 

Activity in the Body 

from Breath 

Radon-222 

Measurements

1 12/11/2007 Presented at 

12/8/2021 Board 

meeting

12/8/2021

10/29/2007 ORAUT-OTIB-0032, 

rev. 00 PC-1, 

Nov. 7, 2006

External Coworker 

Dosimetry Data for 

the Savannah 

River Site

2 5/16/2016 Presented at 

12/8/2021 Board 

meeting

12/8/2021

6/8/2006 ORAUT-OTIB-0033, 

rev. 00, 

April 20, 2005

Application of 

Internal Doses 

Based on 

Claimant-Favorable 

Assumptions for 

Processing as Best 

Estimates

1 10/31/2018 Presented at 

12/8/2021 Board 

meeting

12/8/2021

6/8/2006 ORAUT-PROC0022, rev. 00, 

March 15, 2005

Supplemental 

Requests for DOE 

Information

2 11/20/2017 Presented at 

12/8/2021 Board 

meeting

12/8/2021

8/29/2008 ORAUT-OTIB-0070, 

rev. 00, 

March 10, 2008

Dose 

Reconstruction 

During Residual 

Radioactivity 

Periods at Atomic 

Weapons Employer 

Facilities

15 7/31/2012 Presented at 

8/18/2021 Board 

meeting

8/18/2021
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Finding 

date

Document & 

revision number, 

date

Document title Total

findings

SPR 

closed 

date

Comments ABRWH 

closed date

10/29/2007 OCAS-IG-001, 

rev. 2, 

August 25, 2006

External Dose 

Reconstruction 

Implementation 

Guideline

24 2/5/2013 Presented at 

8/18/2021 Board 

meeting

8/18/2021

6/8/2006 ORAUT-OTIB-0023, 

rev. 00, 

March 7, 2005

Assignment of 

Missed Neutron 

Doses Based on 

Dosimeter Records

8 6/24/2008 Presented at 

8/18/2021 Board 

meeting

8/18/2021

1/17/2005 ORAUT-OTIB-0010, 

rev. 00, 

January 12, 2004

Technical 

Information 

Bulletin: A 

Standard 

Complex-Wide 

Correction Factor 

for Overestimating 

External Doses 

Measured with Film 

Badge Dosimeters

10 6/24/2008 Presented at 

8/18/2021 Board 

meeting

8/18/2021

3/18/2010 OCAS-PER-012, 

rev. 0, 

August 7, 2007

Evaluation of 

Highly Insoluble 

Plutonium 

Compounds

0 1/5/2011 Subtasks 1–3 

presented to 

SPR at 1/5/2011 

meeting

8/18/2021

8/20/2012 OCAS-PER-012, 

rev. 0, 

August 7, 2007

Evaluation of 

Highly Insoluble 

Plutonium 

Compounds

0 7/31/2012 Subtask 4 

presented to 

SPR at 

7/31/2012 

meeting

8/18/2021

6/8/2006 OCAS-TIB-0010, 

rev. 2, 

December 30, 2005

Best Estimate 

External Dose 

Reconstruction for 

Glovebox Workers

9 2/5/2013 Presented at 

8/18/2021 Board 

meeting

Closed 6 

findings 

8/18/2021

Findings 5, 6, 

7 in abeyance

6/12/2013 NIOSH-OVER0009, rev. 00, 

June 13, 2013

Skin Exposure 3 2/18/2012 Presented at 

8/18/2021 Board 

meeting

Not closed. 

Awaiting 

OTIB-0017 

revision

6/8/2006 ORAUT-OTIB-0017, 

rev. 01, 

October 11, 2005

Interpretation of 

Dosimetry Data For 

Assignment of 

Shallow Dose

15 10/18/2008 Presented at 

8/18/2021 Board 

meeting

Not closed. 

Awaiting 

OTIB-0017 

revision

2/18/2015 DCAS-PER-042, 

rev. 0, 

Nov. 16, 2012

Linde Ceramics 

Plant TBD Revision

3 5/16/2016 Not suitable for 

matrix 

Not yet 

presented to 

Board

1/10/2017 DCAS-PER-055, 

rev. 0, 

Sept. 12, 2014

TBD-6000 Revision 2 10/31/2018 Not suitable for 

matrix 

Not yet 

presented to 

Board

11/23/2014 OCAS-PER-009, 

rev. 0, 

March 8, 2007

Target Organs for 

Lymphoma

6 2/18/2015 Not suitable for 

matrix 

Not yet 

presented to 

Board
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Finding 

date

Document & 

revision number, 

date

Document title Total

findings

SPR 

closed 

date

Comments ABRWH 

closed date

6/8/2006 ORAUT-OTIB-0011, 

rev. 00, 

June 29, 2004

Technical 

Information 

Bulletin: Tritium 

Calculated and 

Missed Dose 

Estimates

2 10/2/2007 Not suitable for 

matrix 

Not yet 

presented to 

Board

6/8/2006 ORAUT-OTIB-0019, 

rev. 01, 

Oct. 7, 2005

Analysis of 

Coworker Bioassay 

Data for Internal 

Dose Assignment

1 10/14/2008 Not suitable for 

matrix 

Not yet 

presented to 

Board

11/5/2013 ORAUT-OTIB-0054, 

rev. 01, 

June 13, 2013

Fission and 

Activation Product 

Assignment for 

Internal DoseRelated Gross Beta 

and Gross Gamma 

Analyses

36 4/28/2015 Not suitable for 

matrix 

Not yet 

presented to 

Board

10/29/2007 ORAUT-OTIB-0057, 

rev. 00, 

May 15, 2006

External Radiation 

Dose Estimates for 

Individuals Near 

the 1958 Criticality 

Accident at the Oak 

Ridge Y-12 Plant

3 8/8/2011 Not suitable for 

matrix 

Not yet 

presented to 

Board

10/31/2012 ORAUT-PROC0044, rev. 00, 

Oct. 7, 2005

Special Exposure 

Cohort

10 11/20/2017 Not suitable for 

matrix 

Not yet 

presented to 

Board

1/17/2005 ORAUT-PROC0090, rev. 00, 

June 21, 2005

Computer Assisted 

Telephone 

Interview Process

29 4/28/2015 Not suitable for 

matrix 

Not yet 

presented to 

Board

9/20/2007 ORAUT-PROC0092, rev. 00, 

August 17, 2005

Close-Out 

Interview Process

9 4/28/2015 Not suitable for 

matrix 

Not yet 

presented to 

Board

1/14/2019 ORAUT-OTIB-0006, 

rev. 05, 

August 13, 2018

Dose 

Reconstruction 

from Occupational 

Medical X-Ray 

Procedures

7 2/15/2022 OTIB-0006, 

rev. 06, issued 

9/27/2019 

resolved last 2 

observations.

Although 

observations 

were closed, 

SC&A’s 2/3/2021 

memo lists 

documentation 

issues that 

should be 

findings.

Not yet 

presented to 

Board

Note. ABRWH = Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health; ER = evaluation report; ICD = International 

Classification of Diseases; IMBA = Integrated Modules for Bioassay Analysis; IREP = Interactive 

RadioEpidemiological Program; SPR = Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews; SEC = Special Exposure Cohort; 

TBD = technical basis document.